Bengaluru: Karnataka Water Resources?Minister M B Patil on Friday said he would take legal action against state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa for reportedly calling him a "commission agent" in the state government.

The BJP leader reportedly made the charge a couple?of days ago in Vijayapura district during his ongoing statewide 'Karnataka Parivartan Yatra', ahead of the 2018 assembly?polls.

The minister also has said that he would respond to?the charges by Yeddyurappa against him and the state?government, during the chief minister's visit to Vijayapura?(Patil's home district) on December 4.